Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 633
"Have you heard about the organization department?"

"My minister has heard a little bit about it."

Yan Yingyuan was startled, forced to suppress his mood, bowed his head and bowed down.

"Go and learn a thing or two first!"

Seeing this, the emperor didn't say anything, and waved his hand to let him back down.

This is a very clear signal.

Yan Yingyuan had no choice but to retreat.

After leaving the villa, I heard the drill horn from the Martial Arts Hall next to my ears. The sound was loud and the morale was high.

Two days later, the imperial court used the expansion of Shuntian Mansion as an excuse to compare it with a province, and the Yin of Shuntian Mansion was promoted to the second rank, and the rest of the assistant officials were promoted to the next level.

Since then, Yan Yingyuan's rank is the same as that of a provincial chief envoy, and it is logical to be promoted to Shangshu.

This move is really beautiful, eliminating the worries of Yan Yingyuan's rapid transition in grade.

And the one who was promoted at the same time was Tianjin Prefecture. As the gateway to Beijing, its prefect was the fourth rank, and it was promoted to the third rank, which was also a one-step ascension to heaven.

Now everyone knew that the emperor preferred Yan Yingren to take up the position of Shangshu of the Organization Department, and the target of the contenders was instantly aimed at the soon-to-be-vacant Shuntian Governor.

Suddenly, the cabinet issued a decree and made some changes to the six ministries.

Lu Daqi, Minister of the Ministry of War, is still perseveringly patrolling the Nine Frontiers, and Du Yinxi, Minister of Lifan Academy, has just taken office, and the other five ministers have made a big turnaround.

Wang Yingxiong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, moved to the Minister of the Ministry of Households; Zhu Mou, Minister of the Ministry of Households, moved to the Ministry of Rites; Gao Hongtu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, moved to the Ministry of Officials;

This immediately broke the six-part structure since the first year of Shaowu, and the central government fell into a running-in period for a while.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Zhenfei, the censor of the right capital, was transferred to be the governor of Western Liaoning, guarding Yongping Mansion; Sun Changzhou, the governor of water transportation, was the governor of Xuanda, in charge of Xuanda's defense line.

As soon as the official vacancies were met, the substitutes were replaced one by one, and the situation of the court that had been stable for many years was immediately refreshed, which was a great move.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong's family members, including the puppet Zhang Huaiyan, were rushed to Beijing.

Although the imperial court was slightly turbulent, the cabinet remained stable, suppressed everything, and agreed on conditions for appeasement.

Zhang Huaiyan was granted the title of Marquis of Shuntian, and given a house and fifty hectares of land to appease his heart.

"According to my opinion, there are many generals of the Western Army now, and the imperial court has recruited many of them. If Zhang Huaiyan is left in Beijing, there may be troubles in the future!"

Yan Chongxin's face was solemn, and he spoke suddenly, expressing the worries in his heart.

As soon as this remark came out, the side hall was silent.

The emperor sat tall, with an inexplicable look on his face.

According to the cabinet, although the Western Army is inferior to the Beijing Camp, it has been battle-tested and has rich combat experience.

Especially familiar with the southern terrain, suitable for suppressing the rebellion of those Miao and Yi chieftains.

Therefore, [-] people were extracted and incorporated into the Beijing camp, and the rest were reorganized into patrol battalions in various counties to suppress localities.

If he wanted to use the tens of thousands of Western troops with confidence, Zhang Huaiyan really couldn't forgive him.

"Your Majesty, you can follow the example of Taizu and order him to go to North Korea, so that the king of North Korea can settle him down properly. In this way, it will be convenient for both sides to stay away from China and enjoy wealth and honor in peace."

Zhang Shenyan stepped forward. As a conservative representative of the imperial court, his words and deeds were all traditional Confucianism.

He was a little uncomfortable with breaking his promise and proposed a compromise.

"Shan, when North Korea is more stable, let his family go to North Korea!"

Zhu Mou expressed his approval of this compromise plan. Compared with murder and assassination, this method is much better.

Just when Daming was working hard to govern, Hong Chengchou, who was forced to return to Liaodong from North Korea, accepted Dorgon's questioning.

"The defeat of North Korea was due to the fact that our army was short of troops. The Ming army had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp, while our army was only [-] people. We are outnumbered..."

"Secondly, the Ming army's navy is hard to beat, and North Korea's coastal defenses are thousands of miles away, and there is no match..."

Dorgon was dressed in regular clothes, his round face was rather haggard, although he was still sitting there as before, but he couldn't tell how tired he was.

While reporting, Hong Chengchou thought about his body, feeling quite worried.

Years of military career, only 15 years old was born and died, and the battlefield made a living, coupled with the accumulation of political affairs over the years, the burden on Dorgon's body became greater and greater.

Maybe the ministers around him couldn't see it, but Hong Chengchou, who had been away from Liaodong for nearly two years, immediately saw something was wrong.

It's only been seven years since Shunzhi, and the regent can't hold it anymore?
"You have been in North Korea for two years. With [-] soldiers, you leveraged tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Nanming, and transferred hundreds of thousands of money and food to Shengjing. This is already very good."

Dorgon looked at Hong Chengchou's tired body and nodded with satisfaction.

Since asking Hong Chengchou for his strategy, Sheng Jing has been faithfully implementing his strategy, going north to plunder the Saurons, giving birth to Jurchen, listing them in Niulu, and collecting tribute to restore his vitality.

In just two years, the Eight Banners recovered [-] cattle records and more than [-] people. The Xianghong Banner, Zhenglanqi, and Xiangbai Banner, which suffered heavy losses, also recovered [-]% of their strength.

For the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners, it is natural that they will also be deployed aggressively, and each has reached a new high-500 cattle records ([-] to [-] people per cattle record), each with [-] soldiers and horses.

Now, excluding the old and the weak, the Manchu Qingming is not inferior to the Eight Banners before entering the customs. The total strength of the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han Eight Banners exceeds 120,000.

Of course, due to the large number of recruits, it is not as good as before entering the customs.

It is precisely because of the expansion of a large number of troops that Liaodong is a bit barren after all, with insufficient population and land, and financial constraints.

Hong Chengchou's southward policy plundered a large amount of gold, silver, money and food from North Korea to meet the increasingly scarce imperial treasury.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Households, more than [-] households were included in the Eight Banners of Korea alone, which effectively supplemented the shortage of labor force after the expansion of the army.

As for scholars and craftsmen, there are more than a thousand households.

"I arranged for the craftsmen from North Korea to enter Longshan Lake, which is just beside the Yalu River. Once the ships are repaired, they can directly enter the Yalu River and then enter the Bohai Sea."

Dorgon has always been worried about the weakness of the navy.

This time North Korea, if it weren't for the Ming army's continuous supply of food from the sea, how could they have failed?
A landing in Incheon hit the lifeline of Seoul directly, and the role of the navy was too great.

Since it is powerful, you have to learn it, just like firearms, there is no shame in it.

Hong Chengchou was a little humble, not daring to take credit for it.

Although the battle to enter the DPRK failed to achieve its ultimate goal, it plundered a large number of materials and population, and gained a lot of benefits.

There is no credit, there is always hard work.

"Just add a Marquis!"

Dorgon was not stingy either, he waved his hand and said proudly: "Make up another bachelor to work in the cabinet."

"I still believe in your vision."

"Thank you Regent—"

Hong Chengchou showed a smile, and finally entered the center of power.

From the Battle of Jinzhou to now, after nearly ten years of hard work, it is finally time to reap the rewards.

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou showed a bit of bitterness:
If it was in Daming, within these 10 years, I am afraid that he would have already climbed to the position of chief assistant.

(End of this chapter)